Where: Bowman County, North Dakota (46.0° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 52.2° N, 77.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hell Creek Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• datum -9.85, K-T section 9906
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; silty mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: D. A. Pearson, T. Schaefer, K. R. Johnson, D. J. Nichols, and J. P. Hunter. 2002. Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation in southwestern North Dakota and northwestern South Dakota. In J. H. Hartman, J. R. Johnson, and D. J. Nichols (eds.), The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary in the Northern Great Plains: An Integrated Continental Record of the End of the Cretaceous, Geological Society of America Special Paper 361:145-167 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45111: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 06.10.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes | |
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Reptilia | |
Ceratopsidae indet. Marsh 1888 ceratopsid | |
Hadrosaurinae indet. Lambe 1918 hadrosaurine | |
Paronychodon lacustris Cope 1876 maniraptoran | |
Richardoestesia isosceles Sankey 2001 maniraptoran
Saurornitholestes sp. Sues 1978 maniraptoran | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Hesperornithiformes indet. Fürbringer 1888 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn 1905 tyrant lizard king | |
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii
"Leidyosuchus sternbergi" = Borealosuchus sternbergii Gilmore 1910 crocodilian | |
Thoracosaurus neocesariensis De Kay 1842 crocodilian | |
Brachychampsa montana Gilmore 1911 crocodilian | |
Champsosaurus sp. Cope 1876 choristodere | |
Lepidosauria indet. Haeckel 1866 lepidosaur | |
Compsemys victa Leidy 1856 turtle | |
Baenidae indet. Cope 1882 turtle | |
Chelydridae indet. Swainson 1839 turtle | |
Adocus sp. Cope 1868 turtle | |
Helopanoplia distincta Hay 1908 turtle | |
Trionychidae indet. Gray 1825 softshell turtle | |
Mammalia | |
? Mammalia indet. mammal | |
? Didelphodon sp. Marsh 1889 metatherian
Didelphodon vorax Marsh 1889 metatherian | |
Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889 multituberculate | |
Amphibia | |
Caudata indet. salamander | |
Opisthotriton kayi Auffenberg 1961 salamander | |
Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876 salamander | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Actinopteri | |
Lepisosteus occidentalis Leidy 1856 gar | |
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus, Melvius thomasi
"Kindleia fragosa" = Cyclurus fragosus Jordan 1927 bowfin
Melvius thomasi Bryant 1987 bowfin | |
Belonostomus longirostris Lambe 1902 | |
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Lissodus selachos" = Lonchidion selachos
"Lissodus selachos" = Lonchidion selachos Estes 1964 elasmobranch | |
Myledaphus bipartitus Cope 1876 guitarfish |